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Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy Paperback – 1 July 2002

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New intellectual property regimes are entrenching new inequalities. Access to information is fundamental to the exercise of human rights and marketplace competition, but patents are being used to lock up vital educational, software, genetic and other information, creating a global property order dominated by a multinational elite. How did intellectual property rules become part of the World Trade Organization's free trade agreements? How have these rules changed the knowledge game for international business? What are the consequences for the ownership of biotechnology and digital technology, and for all those who have to pay for what was once shared information? Based on extensive interviews with key players, this book tells the story of these profound transformations in information ownership. The authors argue that in the globalized information society, the rich have found new ways to rob the poor, and shows how intellectual property rights can be more democratically defined.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1853839175
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1853839177
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publication date
    1 July 2002
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    15.32 x 1.57 x 23.39 cm
  7. Print length
    272 pages
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'A singularly apposite book.'
Computer Bulletin

'Well-written, vigorously argued and beautifully clear.'
Journal of Public Administration

'A compelling read.'
International Journal of Law and Information Technology

'The book provides an overview of how international property rules have been quietly redrawn in the past 20 years. An interesting point for the sector is the call for broader coalitions to be formed to challenge such measures.'
Third Sector

'Information Feudalism succeeds where other works with similar goals fail. It presents a factually based analysis of the situation of the existing regime of international protection of ownership that requires serious attention.'
International Journal of Law and Information Technology

'A thick, detailed and meticulously-researched narrative on how and why a significant policy change came to be made, including important insights into the perspectives of key actors and bodies. This book is to be warmly welcomed.'
Journal of Public Administration

About the Author

Peter Drahos and John Braithwaite are both professors in the Australian National University, Canberra, and Co-authors of Global Business Regulation.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (1 July 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1853839175
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1853839177
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.32 x 1.57 x 23.39 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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loftwork
5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed analysis of the process by which patents and copyright became international currency
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2021
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Good history of the development of international Intellectual Property law, particularly as it affected and controlled 3rd world access to essential technology. Having worked in semico for many years I recognised the efforts by predatory interests to control and own even ordinary mathmatical techniques, which resulted in the move to "Copyleft" and creative commons attributions.
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Stephen
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2020
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Quite mysterious how thos book is so widely referenced. Factually incorrect. Politically one-sided. The authors are basically just anti-property but not so much that their book is free!
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Zhazira
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2015
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the book is easy to read, because of the organised structure + interesting case studies :)
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michelle
1.0 out of 5 stars Used sold as new
Reviewed in Australia on 10 January 2020
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I bought this for my son who is doing a PhD and needed it urgently, when I received it it looked used but I didn't have time to send it back so I explained that I received it that way. He has just discovered now at a crucial junction that there are 30 pages missing. This will hamper him badly, I'm so angry!!
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